Wild1145
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Post by Wild1145 on Oct 22, 2018 20:24:12 GMT
They're nice products and are well-built. It's unfortunate that they are confined to the Windows operating system. If you really want to I think you can blat on the Surface devices, not that I'd personally want to... Nothing wrong with Windows if used properly...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 20:25:59 GMT
I see. I'm not sure what device I want to go for then As someone who used to sell the original surface book, I used to abuse the fuck out of those and never had an issue... Cant believe a spec of dust would have bricked it. Only limitation with any of the surface devices is that only Microsoft can repair them as they (like apple) won't share parts so just be wary of that. So did I. I've spilled coffee on it amongst other things and it is very durable. I just can't recommend it because the docking function was extremely broken
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Post by JagWire on Oct 22, 2018 20:29:21 GMT
As someone who used to sell the original surface book, I used to abuse the fuck out of those and never had an issue... Cant believe a spec of dust would have bricked it. Only limitation with any of the surface devices is that only Microsoft can repair them as they (like apple) won't share parts so just be wary of that. So did I. I've spilled coffee on it amongst other things and it is very durable. I just can't recommend it because the docking function was extremely broken As in the tablet back to PC? or as in trying to use the dock Microsoft gave out to use it like a monitor
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 21:28:28 GMT
So did I. I've spilled coffee on it amongst other things and it is very durable. I just can't recommend it because the docking function was extremely broken As in the tablet back to PC? or as in trying to use the dock Microsoft gave out to use it like a monitor Yes, tablet back into PC. Occasionally, it will not recognize it's docked and then it needs to be redocked
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Post by Lucas on Oct 22, 2018 21:38:27 GMT
bro if your budget can stretch a bit get a thinkpad i love thinkpads Isn't a ThinkPad a really outdated model that Lenovo used to make? no sir, they're rather up to date (latest one looks kinda like a surface pro) and they're really powerful
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Post by JagWire on Oct 23, 2018 22:23:19 GMT
I would prefer either a 2-in-1 laptop, or a Surface. But if I had a 2-in-1 laptop, I would like to use the tablet mode quite often.
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Post by Wild1145 on Oct 23, 2018 22:51:26 GMT
As someone who used to sell the original surface book, I used to abuse the fuck out of those and never had an issue... Cant believe a spec of dust would have bricked it. Only limitation with any of the surface devices is that only Microsoft can repair them as they (like apple) won't share parts so just be wary of that. So did I. I've spilled coffee on it amongst other things and it is very durable. I just can't recommend it because the docking function was extremely broken Cant say as I ever had a problem when demoing them other than when I was blatantly being stupid with trying to dock it (Forgot to properly undock it before and shit like that. Cant say as I ever personally used it in anger, so might have just got lucky but it sounds like you might have just had a duff unit?
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Post by JagWire on Oct 23, 2018 22:55:15 GMT
So did I. I've spilled coffee on it amongst other things and it is very durable. I just can't recommend it because the docking function was extremely broken Cant say as I ever had a problem when demoing them other than when I was blatantly being stupid with trying to dock it (Forgot to properly undock it before and shit like that. Cant say as I ever personally used it in anger, so might have just got lucky but it sounds like you might have just had a duff unit? I will first test out this device in (insert major electronics retailer UK), where I can physically see it and test it. I can then order it from Argos, as I can get 15% off, so it's not too bad, even including the pen it costs less than the original full price.
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